Pioneering Women In Film
24 entries in the Pioneering Women In Film compendium.
Pioneering Women In Film — Era Chart
Larisa ShepitkoSoviet director whose film *The Ascent* won the Golden Bear—the second film directed by a Leila DjansiAmerican-Ghanaian filmmaker known for women-focused films.Lois WeberPioneering silent film auteur and social justice filmmaker.Lotte ReinigerGerman pioneer of silhouette animation and early multiplane camera.Maya DerenRussian-born American experimental filmmaker and avant-garde pioneer.Adriana CaselottiVoice of Disney's first animated princess, Snow White.Alice Guy-BlachéFrench pioneer who made the first narrative fiction film.Amanda BynesAmerican retired actress and former Nickelodeon star.Anna Nicole SmithWomen in film face underrepresentation and pay gaps, with the 'celluloid ceiling' limitingAnnette KellermanAustralian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and swimwear reform pioneer.Audrey MunsonFirst named American actress to appear nude in a non-pornographic film.Bettie PageAmerican pin-up model and 1950s pop culture icon.Betty GrableElizabeth Ruth Grable, born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1916, was a multifaceted American enBeverly JohnsonBeverly Ann Johnson (born October 13, 1952) is an American model, actress, singer, and busBette DavisCondescending acting school encounter in the 2003 TV film *Lucy*.Clara BowClara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who became aDorothy DandridgeDorothy Jean Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922 to an entertainer mother and aGreta GarboSwedish-American silent and golden era film star.Hedy LamarrActress and co-inventor of a frequency-hopping guidance system.Joan CrawfordAmerican actress and instructor in African-American literature and theater.Katharine HepburnAmerican actress with a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress.Marilyn MonroeGiant statue of Marilyn Monroe designed by Seward Johnson, first displayed in 2011.Marlene DietrichActress and singer associated with the Hollywood sewing circle.Rita HayworthGolden Age star known for her role in *Gilda* and as a top pin-up girl during World War II
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